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Information on cults, cultic groups, psychological manipulation, psychological abuse, spiritual abuse, brainwashing, mind control, thought reform, abusive churches, extremism, totalistic groups, new religious movements, alternative and mainstream religions, group dynamics, exit counseling, recovery, and practical suggestions for those affected by or interested in these subjects

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Enroth, Ronald, Ph.D.: Dysfunctional Churches
Giambalvo, Carol: "Post-Cult Problems"
Griffo, Maureen: "How Could Anyone Join a Cult"
Henry, Roseanne: "Why We Need To Become Spiritual Consumers"
Kent, Stephen & Szimhart, Joseph: "Exit Counseling and the Decline of Deprogramming" - abstract
Langone, Michael D., Ph.D.: "The Comet and Its Tail"
Langone, Michael D.: "Academic Disputes and Dialogue Collection: Preface"
Langone, Michael, Ph.D.: "Definitional Ambiguity"
Langone, Michael, Ph.D.: "Prevalence"
Langone, Michael, Ph.D.: "What Is New Age?
Lifton, Robert, J. M.D.: "Cult Formation"
Media Law Resource Center - link
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press - link
Rosedale, Herbert and Langone, Michael, Ph.D.: "On Using the Term "Cult"
Szimhart, Joseph: "Understanding Eastern Groups"
Zimbardo, Philip, Ph.D.: "Mind Control: Psychological Reality or Mindless Rhetoric?"
Zimbardo, Philip, Ph.D.: "What messages are behind today's cults?"

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